were presented by the Children's Ombudsman in the Annual Report on the observance of children's rights in the Republic of Moldova in 2018, but the relevant authorities did not take the necessary actions175. The Children's Ombudsman also notes that the State has not taken any action on the implementation of the Recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of the Republic of Moldova176. As a result, the situation regarding the observance of the child's right to opinion and civil liberties has not changed significantly, and the situation at national level has remained constant. As a representative of the children before the public authorities, the People's Advocate for Children's Rights asked the children about their perception on the right to opinion and civil liberties and further presents some of the children's opinions on the subject under investigation:  My opinion matters and I want to be able to express it;  I want to be able to freely express myself about the areas in which I am interested;  I want to participate in the daily life of the school where I study;  I think I can change something in the locality where I live;  I want to decide the optional objects myself;  I want to be heard. In 2019, the People's Advocate for Children's Rights, in the department of the right to opinion and civil liberties, monitored the activity of student councils within educational institutions as a mechanism for exercising children's rights. Student councils are a direct manifestation of the child's right to opinion and the child's civil liberties in educational institutions. During the monitoring process, the Children’s Ombudsman made 15 visits to educational institutions across the country, where he had discussions with members of the student councils of these institutions. Following the monitoring process, the following problematic aspects in the field were detected:  Lack of the mechanism for promoting opinions, ideas proposed by children at national level;  Lack of training / informing children about the role and mission of the student council in an educational institution; 175 http://ombudsman.md/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/raport_copil_2017def.pdf https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx?CountryCode=MDA&Lang=EN 176 105